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- March 2015
- Case
Pearson Affordable Learning Fund
By: Michael Chu, Vincent Dessain and Kristina Maslauskaite
An in-house venture capital fund for affordable private schools at the base of the pyramid established by Pearson, the world's largest education company, PALF sought to invest in business models providing superior educational outcomes in emerging markets on a... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investment; Low Cost Private Schools; Investment Fund; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Transition; Investment; Development Economics; Business Growth and Maturation; Social Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; Education; Education Industry; Asia; Africa
Chu, Michael, Vincent Dessain, and Kristina Maslauskaite. "Pearson Affordable Learning Fund." Harvard Business School Case 315-109, March 2015.
- 2005
- Chapter
Learning for Leadership: The 'Engineering' and 'Clinical' Approaches
Meaningful leadership development requires a deeper and more fundamental approach than is usually deployed in university classrooms and corporate training centers. It needs to incorporate difficult emotions and unconscious forces, and provide a safe place for their... View Details
Petriglieri, Gianpiero, and Jack D. Wood. "Learning for Leadership: The 'Engineering' and 'Clinical' Approaches." In Mastering Executive Education: How to Combine Content with Context and Emotion, edited by Paul J. Strebel and Tracy Keys, 140–154. London: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2005.
- 14 May 2012
- News
Learning curve
- February 2008
- Article
Confronting the Tension Between Learning and Performance
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Sara J. Singer
Edmondson, Amy C., and Sara J. Singer. "Confronting the Tension Between Learning and Performance." Systems Thinker 19, no. 1 (February 2008).
- 08 Apr 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- Person Page
Course Development
General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details
- March 1991
- Article
Behind the Learning Curve: The Learning Process
By: P S Adler and K. B. Clark
Keywords: Learning
Adler, P. S., and K. B. Clark. "Behind the Learning Curve: The Learning Process." Management Science 37, no. 3 (March 1991): 267–281.
- November 1991
- Case
Time Inc. and New Magazine Development (A)
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "Time Inc. and New Magazine Development (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-043, November 1991.
- April 17, 2012
- Blog Post
Learning and the Disappearing Association between Governance and Returns
By: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles CY Wang
Bebchuk, Lucian A., Alma Cohen, and Charles CY Wang. "Learning and the Disappearing Association between Governance and Returns." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (April 17, 2012). https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2012/04/17/learning-and-the-disappearing-association-between-governance-and-returns/.
- Research Summary
Entrepreneurial Management: Customer Discovery and Business Development
This research focuses on: (a) market research methods and tactics suitable to startups seeking their initial customers and validation of their initial business model; (b) guidelines for conducting visits with potential customers as part of the startup ptrocess; and (c)... View Details
- Nov 14 2022
- Testimonial
An Inclusive Space To Learn And Grow
- August 1995 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Passion for Learning
Describes the challenges confronting a recent HBS graduate who has started a direct-mail toy company. The entrepreneur must evaluate industry conditions in both toys and direct mail, and determine whether he has developed a viable business concept. Presents detailed... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
McGahan, Anita M., Dale Coxe, Israel Yellen Ganot, and Greg Keller. "Passion for Learning." Harvard Business School Case 796-057, August 1995. (Revised July 1997.)
- 2010
- Chapter
Identity-Based Leader Development
By: Scott Snook, Herminia Ibarra and Laura Ramo
Despite the wealth of managerial and scholarly attention paid to leadership development, only recently has a new perspective emerged that explicitly links leadership and identity. Research and theorizing on leadership development have yet to specify the processes that... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Identity; Transition; Transformation; Perspective; Managerial Roles; Business Processes; Personal Development and Career
Snook, Scott, Herminia Ibarra, and Laura Ramo. "Identity-Based Leader Development." Chap. 22 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana, 657–678. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- 4 Oct 2013
- Other Presentation
Economic and Social Development: The New Learning
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Economic and Social Development: The New Learning." Americas Competitiveness Forum, Panama City, Panama, October 4, 2013.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Demand Learning and Pricing for Varying Assortments
By: Kris Ferreira and Emily Mower
Ferreira, Kris, and Emily Mower. "Demand Learning and Pricing for Varying Assortments." Working Paper, April 2021.
- Teaching Interest
Development Economics (PhD)
By: Shawn A. Cole
This course, intended for second-year PhD students in economics and related fields, is taught by Michael Kremer, Phillippe Aghion, and Shawn Cole.
Part I (Kremer) of the course will cover macro-economic topics including aggregate and non-aggregate growth... View Details
- November 2023 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Zest AI: Machine Learning and Credit Access
By: David S. Scharfstein and Ryan Gilland
Scharfstein, David S., and Ryan Gilland. "Zest AI: Machine Learning and Credit Access." Harvard Business School Case 224-033, November 2023. (Revised June 2024.)
- 2004
- Working Paper
Team Learning and the Radical Diversity-Performance Link
By: Robin J. Ely and David A. Thomas
- November 2008
- Case
Partner Promotion and Development at DLA Piper
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kaitlyn Simpson